Railway-car



(NoMoaeLy l I. BLUMENTHAL l RAILWAY-GAR. l No. 257,843. PatentedMay 16, `1882.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAACBLUMENTHAL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.`

RAILWAY-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 257,843, dated May 16, 1882.v

Application filed February 21, 1882. (No model.)

'lo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC BLUMENTHAL, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Passenger-Cars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specitcation.

'lhis invention relates to safety devices for passengeroars 5 and it consists in doors in the side walls of the car, which are hinged to swing outward, and can be opened from the in or ont side of the car to enable the escape of the passengers during an accident, all as more fully hereinafter described and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents an elevation of a portion of one lside ot' the interior of a car having my improvements; Fig. 2, a section on line ai :c in Fig. 1; Fig. 3,an end view of the latch-hook,and Fig. 4 a section on line y y in Fig. 1.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

A denotes the side wall of a car with the windows B B, Vand C are the car-seats. D is a door arranged in said side wall, which swings on outside hinges, j, so as to enable said door to swing outward. One ot' the windows B forms the panelsin said door. Against the inside edge of said door, that is to swing out, latch-hooks a are secured, and against the wall are pivoted latches b, which will engage with the hooks, and will hold the door locked. Each latch b has a tail-projection, c, and the tail-projections of the several latches are pivotally connected by a rod, d. The upper extreme end of this rod d connects with the tail end of a lever, E. This lever E is secured upon the square end of a trunnion, e, which is pivoted in a plate, f, is held therein laterally by a collar, g, and has a square head,h, that is flush with the exterior side of the car for attaching.

a crank or socket-wrench. The long shank of escape through the end doors of the car, all

or either of the side doors may be opened to allowthe passengers to escape. For opening such doors a passenger will push the handlefi upward, when the door will at once yield toa pressure, and will be open or, in case that the passengers cannot reach the handles, or they are wounded and disabled by the accident, any A one of the railroad officials can open the doors from the outside by applying a wrench to the square head of the lever-trunnion.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to construct passenger-cars with side doors for use in the event of such cars being overturned or the ordinary end exits blocked up, and such I do not claim.

In a passenger-car having end doors, as usual, inlets and outlets, and-auxiliary side doors,the latch-hooks a, secured to said doors, latches b, pivotally connected to the wall of rthe car and having tail-projections c, by which the same are pivotally connected to and operated by a rod, d, and lever E, having handle i, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC BLUMENTHAL.

Witnesses:

F. W. KASEHAGEN, F. U. ADAMs. 

